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Carthage Must
Be Destroyed!
The Royal Navy and
Operation Retribution
When Chechnya
Stalled the Russians
Washington’s ‘Mad
and Rash Fellow’
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AUTUMN 2022
Letters
6
Dispatches
8
Features
34
The Foreign Legion
Long celebrated in literature
and on film for its far-ranging
exploits, France’s best-known
military organization is also its
most international.
By Jon Guttman
24
Poking the Bear
Pinned between the
Caucasus Mountains and
Russia, Chechnya has a long
history of rebelling against
its imperial overlord.
By Ron Soodalter
Departments
14
Interview
Commander
Billie Farrell
A New Captain
on Deck
18
Valor
Arctic Survivor
2
MILITARY HISTORY
AUTUMN 2022
Reviews
72
War Games
78
Captured!
80
48
A Mad and
Rash Fellow
George Washington’s young
aide-de-camp John Laurens
risked all in pursuit of his
nation’s independence.
By Matthew T. Beazley
56
Retribution
The 1943 operation to foil an
Axis retreat from North Africa
was more than duty for the
Royal Navy—it was personal.
By Peter Kentz
64
‘Carthage Must
Be Destroyed’
In 146
BC
Scipio Aemilianus
carried out Cato’s threat
against Rome’s resurgent
North African nemesis.
By Marc G. DeSantis
40
Longshanks’ Vain
Victory at Falkirk
In 1298 England’s King
Edward I waged a ruthless
and ultimately futile cam-
paign against the Scots.
By John Walker
20
What We
Learned From...
Brunanburh, 937
22
Hardware
USS
Constitution
76
Hallowed
Ground
Blanc Mont
Ridge, France
On the cover:
French Foreign Legionnaires engage Austrian troops at
the June 4, 1859, Battle of Magenta in Lombardy. (Château de Versailles)
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